I got the Sonny Chiba, 4 disc collection because of one movie..."G.I.Samurai". I was not disappointed. The plot in a nutshell is... a small group of Japanese Defense Force soldiers go back in time 400 years and fight samurais. Made in 1979, this movie delivers some ultra-battle action! The group of about twenty guys, led by Sonny Chiba, whose character's name I can no longer remember, find themselves propelled backwards, somehow, to feudal Japan, via a "Time Slip", (this movies alternate title, among others). The special effects are somewhat shoddy but they work. Not only are the men flung back into time but get this, a tank, half-track, jeep with .50 cal. machine gun, supply truck, helicopter and a freakin' patrol boat also! They find themselves in the middle of a feud between the local warlords, one of whom takes a fancy to them. They decide to team up with this guy and take over ancient Japan. Forget about messing with the space/time continuum,in battle after battle, many, many samurais and foot soldiers are gunned down, blowed up, and generally done away with, without regard to the historical consequences. The soldiers have a seemingly inexhaustible supply of ammo. Clocking in at over two hours, we have all sorts of Japanese tomfoolery to contend with. There is some truly awful music sprinkled throughout,some with English lyrics. I liked this movie, a lot. There are so many things about this movie to like and few reasons not to. I cannot remember all the elements in this movie...there was just too much going on. Ha. The soundtrack was Japanese with English subtitles. I understand there is a chopped up, English language version out there too, which should be avoided.
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